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the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other country in the world have this set up? >> no. no other country spends nearly what we do on this. >> is it good or bad that congress -- >> it is hopeful that congress acts as a check on some of these runaway programs. in many cases, congress is trying to sh the pentagon to do it staff that it does not want to do. members of congress wanted for their own interest. we continued to build tanks and ohio. why do we do that? members of the ohio delegation want the jobs. the army does not think it needs any more tanks. >> there is a " in your article about the marine corps is ability to get w
the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other...
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move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. the design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in terms of the initial estimate was so different from the reality. this reflects the technical challenges. what critics will tell you is that this is a program that has run amok. it has run aground. it has run out of control. >> more video of the marine version, trying to work for your article showing how these planes. here is the marine video. >> ?-- ♪ ♪ >> helicopter landing ship, not a regular carrier. why do they need that? >> the marines have 11 of those types of ships. they have short? where they can fly planes like that and helicopters. the marines want to continue t
move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. the design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in...
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so, the pentagon is playing games with taxpayer dollars. and let me tell you this is just the tip of the iceberg. worst part of this game is that it's rigged. the contractors always win and the taxpayers always lose. the inspector general found that the army overpaid one defense contractor $13 million, but the pentagon only recovered $2.6 million. now get this. it's discovered that one defense contractor overcharged us $13 million for a number of parts. and then after it was exposed, they didn't even refund us what they should have. they only paid us back $2.6 million. included paying twice the price, $16,000 for a structural support that should have cost $1,300. this bearing sleeve that i just showed you that was over $2,200. let's put it in simple terms. if we went into a local cafe and ordered the blue light special and the menu said it was $2,200, we'd walk right out and they would be laughed out of our community. but, no, that doesn't happen in the military. that defense contractor that overcharged us and then didn't even pay us back w
so, the pentagon is playing games with taxpayer dollars. and let me tell you this is just the tip of the iceberg. worst part of this game is that it's rigged. the contractors always win and the taxpayers always lose. the inspector general found that the army overpaid one defense contractor $13 million, but the pentagon only recovered $2.6 million. now get this. it's discovered that one defense contractor overcharged us $13 million for a number of parts. and then after it was exposed, they...
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the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way of doing something when nothing seemed worse. at least at that time. a joint committee was set up to control the spiraling deficit. congress warned that if they fail to come up with a solution sequestration would automatically although. these cuts have now begun. the pentagon was already prepared to cut 150 billion dollars over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week check hagel warned that cut of that magnitude would not only affect entitlement such as salary, housing, education and the like but it would
the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way...
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the pentagon has not managed well. there are efforts to manage it well. we have all done our best to manage it well, at the bottom line is that it is not managed well. too many civil servants and to many contractors. an acquisition that is so bad we have set up a new rapid acquisition system to get around our own acquisition system. there is something wrong with that picture. we have defense agencies that are fortune 500 companies that are managed by -- 14 runningagine a gs- exxon mobil? or amazon? the nfl teamsy of except the redskins? [laughter] we have to rethink how we manage budgets. let's face it, even with cuts, we talk about budgets in access of $400 billion a year. that is a lot of money. it has to be spent well. we have too many the silly these. congress has to do something about brack. we clearly have to get our arms around health care. woody $9 billion a year this year for health care. billion a year for this year for health care. the actuaries say we can save billions right now. there are things we can do. what we shouldn't do -- and i will r
the pentagon has not managed well. there are efforts to manage it well. we have all done our best to manage it well, at the bottom line is that it is not managed well. too many civil servants and to many contractors. an acquisition that is so bad we have set up a new rapid acquisition system to get around our own acquisition system. there is something wrong with that picture. we have defense agencies that are fortune 500 companies that are managed by -- 14 runningagine a gs- exxon mobil? or...
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he is a former pentagon comptroller. among his other posts have been deputy undersecretary of planning and resources. from 2002 to 2004, he worked in afghanistan. earlier, he was a defense and foreign policy analyst. after leaving government service, he became senior vice president of booz allen hamilton holding he is a senior fellow, senior adviser. he chairs the national intelligence council. he is a member of the commission on wartime contracting afghanistan. i think you get the idea. without further ado. >> thanks for a much, brad. full disclosure, eric edelman and i co-authored an op-ed not long ago. rudy and i have been on radio a while back. what you're going to hear, you're going to hear shades of difference, but for the last 60 years there has been a fundamental consensus about the united states strategy which is forward. it involves across the board deterrence. it involves relatively stable budget. there is so much uncertainty now. because there is, we tend to be overly pessimistic. there is always going to be
he is a former pentagon comptroller. among his other posts have been deputy undersecretary of planning and resources. from 2002 to 2004, he worked in afghanistan. earlier, he was a defense and foreign policy analyst. after leaving government service, he became senior vice president of booz allen hamilton holding he is a senior fellow, senior adviser. he chairs the national intelligence council. he is a member of the commission on wartime contracting afghanistan. i think you get the idea....
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the pentagon is planning on building over 2400 of the aircraft to be used by all branches of the u.s. military for a total estimated cost of $1.5 trillion. o'brien,s is steve vice president for program integration and business development. welcome to the program. let's begin with where you are at. what is the purpose of the demonstration center? guest: it is built to show the difference of the f-35. the capability provided, and the avionics as well as the range. we have simulators of the f-35. it is a way to communicate this quantam leap in ability. host: who are you demonstrating it to? who visits the fighter demonstration center? guest: we have the navy, marine corps, and the air force. we also have eight international partners. we continue to add more partners, more countries to the program. israel and japan have committed we see the airplane. another set of countries buying the program or buying the airplane in the years to come. this allows us to communicate that difference in washington, d.c., to the decision-makers on the program. host: you have visits from members of congress
the pentagon is planning on building over 2400 of the aircraft to be used by all branches of the u.s. military for a total estimated cost of $1.5 trillion. o'brien,s is steve vice president for program integration and business development. welcome to the program. let's begin with where you are at. what is the purpose of the demonstration center? guest: it is built to show the difference of the f-35. the capability provided, and the avionics as well as the range. we have simulators of the f-35....
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what are the plans at the pentagon for his first days in office? what is your goal in terms of making it fully in charge and able to deal with congress after this confirmation fight? >> the steps postconfirmation are still yet to be announced. we do not want to say anything and advanced. it is confirmed that senator hagel has some of his strong commitment to get down to usiness. to get deeply invested in the work of the pentagon and its military and civilian workers. he has spent a great deal of time getting briefed on the work ahead. i cant speak for him speak to him to say that he is looking forward to leading this department if confirmed. his goal is to look to the future and secretary panetta believes that he will be an outstanding success oor. >> is he bruised by the confirmation? can he still be effective with congress? >> absolutely. senator hagel is someone who has been much of his life in the holes of the united states congress. he understands the importance of debate, including during a confirmation process. he is going to, with a philoso
what are the plans at the pentagon for his first days in office? what is your goal in terms of making it fully in charge and able to deal with congress after this confirmation fight? >> the steps postconfirmation are still yet to be announced. we do not want to say anything and advanced. it is confirmed that senator hagel has some of his strong commitment to get down to usiness. to get deeply invested in the work of the pentagon and its military and civilian workers. he has spent a great...
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victims versus the pentagon. anybody who is characterizing it as that is doing a disservice to victims and is doing a disservice to the military and doing a disservice to the members of this committee who have spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively within the military. i think you both much. >> if i could take 10 seconds great i would like to reinforce what general dempsey said. we actually are very grateful for the attention that the entire committee has given to this. it has been very helpful to us. i want to say that i look forward to our next chance to have you and other people with prosecutorial experience over to the pentagon as we have done before and get your thoughts and show you what we are doing, get your expertise. i think that >> is a productive opportunity. >>you do not need to worry about me being invited. -- i think that is a productive opportunity. >> you do not need to worry about me being invited. you guys are calling plays on this. i was
victims versus the pentagon. anybody who is characterizing it as that is doing a disservice to victims and is doing a disservice to the military and doing a disservice to the members of this committee who have spent hours trying to find the right way to make sure that we prosecute more cases effectively within the military. i think you both much. >> if i could take 10 seconds great i would like to reinforce what general dempsey said. we actually are very grateful for the attention that...
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that is bipartisan. >> we have talked a lot about names in the united states and in the pentagon on capitol hill at the white house. maybe we should turn our view outward for a moment. they talked about thing that has become known as a pivot. the syrian situation, along with the arab spring, it is not easy to make that pivot. think about that strategy and what it means. >> well, let me say one observation. the u.s. is increasingly become more energy self-sufficient. when i say independent. i do not think we are ever truly going to be energy independent. we are becoming more self- sufficient with shale gas. i think in some quarters, that has made people think that the middle east in which we have been heavily invested in for much of the last two and half decades is not important anymore or we can relegate it on the secondary position and we can reallocate our attention. there is no doubt that we need to be spending plenty of time and attention on east asia. i have no doubt about that. there is a giant flow of wealth and economic activity to east asia and the u.s. it has a was been a civic po
that is bipartisan. >> we have talked a lot about names in the united states and in the pentagon on capitol hill at the white house. maybe we should turn our view outward for a moment. they talked about thing that has become known as a pivot. the syrian situation, along with the arab spring, it is not easy to make that pivot. think about that strategy and what it means. >> well, let me say one observation. the u.s. is increasingly become more energy self-sufficient. when i say...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvyn larry. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that time. all different, all different strength and there were weaknesses. but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice. and i know him to give it very strongly. so i will talk kilobit about chuck hegel, the man that i served with -- so i will talk a little bit about chuck hagel, the man that i served with. the first year he was here, we had the daniel defense authorization on the floor. in those days as it is today, the bill goes on the floor and that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple of days, sometimes a week, sometimes broken up, but we get it through. and when it is done, we don't immediately back to our committee spaces and we begin to write that bill and give it to the printe
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvyn larry. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that time. all different, all different strength and there were weaknesses. but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best...
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pentagon,l, at the ultimately responsibility is to the pentagon comptroller, who reports directly to the secretary of defense. but under the weird way the defense department was established after world war i -- after worldre war ii, the defense department lobbying congress, were allowed to retain independent authority. so they have their own accounting systems. the secretary of defense has had little power to force them to bring together any united system in which data can be shared. host: in your story, you talk dfas.this agency called what is that? >> the defense finance accounting service, and it handles a lot of jobs, everything from military pay to paying the bills to basic accounting on behalf of military services. but there are quite a lot of -- it operatese to a large extent on machines. each of the military services has their own completely different sets of machines with different kind of data that has to be forced from pipelines. there has been an endless stream of errors, and numbers that do not add up. is financial statements fiction because there is no way to come up wi
pentagon,l, at the ultimately responsibility is to the pentagon comptroller, who reports directly to the secretary of defense. but under the weird way the defense department was established after world war i -- after worldre war ii, the defense department lobbying congress, were allowed to retain independent authority. so they have their own accounting systems. the secretary of defense has had little power to force them to bring together any united system in which data can be shared. host: in...
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after that falls on the pentagon. if the pentagon agrees that they need to come down, that it is also over, but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they take -- what the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the 10-year period. the same 500 billion dollars cut in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest: yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure there are generals and admiral's that don't want to be cut at all. the head of the army was a first that i heard was doing this. defense, chuck hagel and all the other top brass picked this up. we slowed us down, give us time to implement. you slam it all and is so fast, we're going to have to find short-term things like cutting trading. trading is important for troops. host: the numbers for fiscal 2014, the budget for that pentagon cap the to 520 billion. for 2015, they capped at
after that falls on the pentagon. if the pentagon agrees that they need to come down, that it is also over, but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they take -- what the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the 10-year period. the same 500 billion dollars cut in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest: yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the...
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more cuts ahead for the pentagon. little more from this story -- that's just a little bit from "the washington post" this morning. now north korea will be our topic as we move through this morning's "washington journal." josh rogan of foreign policy will be on here, along with the former assistant secretary of defense. and thomas hubbard who served as ambassador to south korea during the george bush administration will also be out here as we continue this conversation. this is the editorial from this morning's "new york times" regarding north korea. it's north korea, again. new york times" writes -- that's the "new york times" this morning. joe is a republican in washington, d.c. joe, you're on the washington journal. >> yeah, my statement is you need to fall back on what george washington's suggestions were, and with the light of recent events with gun control, we're getting away from the idea of what the second amendment truly was about. that's well organized militia. there's nobody at home protecting us right here
more cuts ahead for the pentagon. little more from this story -- that's just a little bit from "the washington post" this morning. now north korea will be our topic as we move through this morning's "washington journal." josh rogan of foreign policy will be on here, along with the former assistant secretary of defense. and thomas hubbard who served as ambassador to south korea during the george bush administration will also be out here as we continue this conversation. this...
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he is a former pentagon comptroller. among his other posts have been deputy undersecretary of planning and resources. from 2002 to 2004, he worked in afghanistan. earlier, he was a defense and foreign policy analyst. after leaving government service, he became senior vice president of booz allen hamilton holding he is a senior fellow, senior adviser. he chairs the national intelligence council. he is a member of the commission on wartime contracting afghanistan. i think you get the idea. without further ado. >> thanks for a much, brad. full disclosure, eric edelman and i co-authored an op-ed not long ago. rudy and i have been on radio a while back. what you're going to hear, you're going to hear shades of difference, but for the last 60 years there has been a fundamental consensus about the united states strategy which is forward. it involves across the board deterrence. it involves relatively stable budget. there is so much uncertainty now. because there is, we tend to be overly pessimistic. there is always going to be
he is a former pentagon comptroller. among his other posts have been deputy undersecretary of planning and resources. from 2002 to 2004, he worked in afghanistan. earlier, he was a defense and foreign policy analyst. after leaving government service, he became senior vice president of booz allen hamilton holding he is a senior fellow, senior adviser. he chairs the national intelligence council. he is a member of the commission on wartime contracting afghanistan. i think you get the idea....
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on the sequester in the pentagon, it's about 5%. it should be a non, should be a no brainer to get down to that level. but because of the way congress has decided to set it up and impose it and because of the way the pentagon has discarded the little bit of flexibility they have in implementing it, both entities have made it, know, a pretty painful exercise for all kinds of bad reasons. political agendas, don't you dare do this to us next year, you damn well better give us the money. you know, that behavior is all over the place. guest: winslow's 5% is actually a minimum of 10% off the president's f.y.2014 request, and given that he's going to exempt personnel it's actually 15% cut from the procurement and operations in maintenance budgets, which is quite a different thing. it's three times when he's talking about. guest: 10%, it's 52 billion for 2014, he's right about that being about 10% of the 2014 request. for 2013 it was turned out to be 37, maybe $32 billion, something well less than 10%. if you count all defense spending or w
on the sequester in the pentagon, it's about 5%. it should be a non, should be a no brainer to get down to that level. but because of the way congress has decided to set it up and impose it and because of the way the pentagon has discarded the little bit of flexibility they have in implementing it, both entities have made it, know, a pretty painful exercise for all kinds of bad reasons. political agendas, don't you dare do this to us next year, you damn well better give us the money. you know,...
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when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama administration, when they came to office, took a look at specifically the cia's interpretation program and whether the legal advice provided to those running the orgram violated the law referral to the bars and they decided, although it was regretful and mistaken, that there were no crimes. you think the time for, as are suggesting, criminal accountability before the criminal court has passed. but i think that is with the state of play is. diana in massachusetts. diana, you are on the washington journal. caller: good morning charles and peter. i wanted to go back to the
when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama...
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host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs. if we could provide more certainty for job creators, i know businesses would grow. he would hire. a part of that is to have certainty about our health care intem, which right now is major turmoil. employers do not know what to expect from the president's health care plan and their implications, so they are not hiring and they are laying off workers. if we could get that right, that would make a huge difference for our economy. the other thing is to spend wisely. budget,60% of the mandatory spending categories, and that is driving up the budget. it is time to be smart an
host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs....
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the pentagon was already billion to cut $150 over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week, the defense secretary warned that cuts of that magnitude would not only affect entitlements such as salaries, , and life,ucation but defense readiness and capability. the u.s., for some time, had been ready to fight two wars at the same time. would noe cuts, that longer seem to be possible, winning the american defense strategy would have to be radically altered. what to do, in a macro and micro sense? have asked highly respected defense and budgetary experts to explain reality and options to us. mckinsey egeland. she helped governor romney during the last presidential campaign. his loss should in no way be ascribed to mckinsey. our other expert is michael o'hanlon, a senior fellow at brookings. although he has written many books, he is most recently the author of "healing the wounded iant." our panelists authored an op-ed in the washington journal, urging congress to reverse sequestration, or watch mi
the pentagon was already billion to cut $150 over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week, the defense secretary warned that cuts of that magnitude would not only affect entitlements such as salaries, , and life,ucation but defense readiness and capability. the u.s., for some time, had been ready to fight two wars at the same time. would noe cuts, that longer seem to be possible, winning the american defense strategy would have to be...
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i am not seeking to criticize the pentagon. i'm trying to put it into a context involving the entire budget and all of the needs of the united states, not just the military needs. if you turn it around and say that we live in an extremely turbulent world and maybe we would like, after it in a stan -- after afghanistan and iraq, to pull back. and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite opportunity i had recently to write andh dad petraeus. one wasthis week and earlier this year in the washington post. we have tried to argue that these deficit deals that have been proposed would be wonderful to have an many ways. they are not essential. what you need to do, given that america's economy has so much promise, what you need to do is tip the curve on how we are increasing the debt. if we lower our expectations a little we can wind up in a reasonable place for the next five or 10 years. long-term entitlement is a big challenge. our col
i am not seeking to criticize the pentagon. i'm trying to put it into a context involving the entire budget and all of the needs of the united states, not just the military needs. if you turn it around and say that we live in an extremely turbulent world and maybe we would like, after it in a stan -- after afghanistan and iraq, to pull back. and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite...
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the automatic cuts take a huge bite out of pentagon spending which is bound to weaken military readiness. this has distressed many republicans and rightly so. the article goes on to say, most republicans have been willing to swallow the defense cuts. they regard the sequester as a rare victory in their fight to reduce the size of government. another article says, treasury secretary jack lew made a catastrophic miscalculation. he believed defense hawk republicans would never agree to the sequester cuts. the white house bet the republicans would raise taxes before cutting military spending. they were wrong. house republicans rightly decided that as the wars in afghanistan and iraq were winding down, defense would be cut under any scenario. it made the most strategic sense to uphold the sequester to ensure that the peace dividend did not get spent elsewhere. as i mentioned, it is our fault. congress should be blamed. in my opinion, the house in particular. it is not enough to pass legislation. we have to conference it with the senate. both houses finally passed budgets this year. but only t
the automatic cuts take a huge bite out of pentagon spending which is bound to weaken military readiness. this has distressed many republicans and rightly so. the article goes on to say, most republicans have been willing to swallow the defense cuts. they regard the sequester as a rare victory in their fight to reduce the size of government. another article says, treasury secretary jack lew made a catastrophic miscalculation. he believed defense hawk republicans would never agree to the...
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pentagon came up with a plan that talked about a second strike. each triad leg was supposed to have enough to dissuade the soviet union from fighting, do enough damage where they would be deterred. justifyingup being the force that mcnamara had. it was a way to say stop building more, let's just post where we are. so the arsenal was officially not meant to get us out of mutually assured destruction. it was meant with a survivability rationale. that sold better in public than the counterforce argument because it seemed to prudential. this remains the standard public personnel -- rationale used by public officials to explain deterrence. this remains the case. it also remains the case that this embraced rhetorically of cisco -- survivability, did not change the weapons. maybe because of unstoppable technological momentum, continue to make the missiles more and more accurate, to design the warheads in a way where they were optimized to go after enemy silos. meanwhile, the kennedy and johnson administrations did little to change the operational plan fo
pentagon came up with a plan that talked about a second strike. each triad leg was supposed to have enough to dissuade the soviet union from fighting, do enough damage where they would be deterred. justifyingup being the force that mcnamara had. it was a way to say stop building more, let's just post where we are. so the arsenal was officially not meant to get us out of mutually assured destruction. it was meant with a survivability rationale. that sold better in public than the counterforce...
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for instance, it was the top acquisition at the pentagon is that if you are to cancel this program and launch a new one, you have to spend $20 billion to $30 billion to develop a new plan. you would be starting from ground zero. the cost would be enormous. it is always cheaper to go with what you have got. than what you don't have your to the bird in the hand. -- don't have. the bird in the hand. it is a really deeply flawed program and beyond anything you have ever seen before. given the fact that three services are tied in, this is the largest acquisition program in history, the most costly in history. he is going to try to say positive things. he has reason to feel good. the program is beginning to level, but he is not going to talk to you about the challenges that they face, software, web and integration, systems integration, all the things they are wrestling with. this is a 13-year-old program and they still have design changes that they are having on this plane. it is a good thing that they have been able to -- the joint program office head is a military issue and says we have be
for instance, it was the top acquisition at the pentagon is that if you are to cancel this program and launch a new one, you have to spend $20 billion to $30 billion to develop a new plan. you would be starting from ground zero. the cost would be enormous. it is always cheaper to go with what you have got. than what you don't have your to the bird in the hand. -- don't have. the bird in the hand. it is a really deeply flawed program and beyond anything you have ever seen before. given the fact...
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also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten everything they wanted and more. we've taken priority, we've taken dollars, policies out of the state department and a number of other departments and put them over in defense. " that comment was after the sequestration. now, 18 months later if this nomination is approved it would be running and again -- where do we find those bloated things in the defense department and when will are you prioritizing? another way to ask what mrs. fisher was asking, are we going to let money drive strategy or strategy drive the money? as secretary of defense, which of those possessions are you g
also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten...
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as you know, there is a widespread view that you were brought into the pentagon to cut defense. who werehe people concerned about that are pointing to the fact that the cost assessment and program evaluation people are playing a key role in this strategic review. they're one of the green eyeshade people. on a broader level, it seems to me, more than anyone else in the government, the secretary of defense have to be the one who says this is what it takes to defend the country and to fight for that, publicly but also internally in the administration. i guess i would just be interested in how you see your role. is it to manage the decline? or is it to be explicit but the dangers in the world and what it takes? and that of the more political part of the government, congress and the president, have to accept the consequences of the decision. >> congressman, thank you. first, have been in this job six weeks. beforeuts occurred long i ever got here. much to doink i had with the cuts to defense spending. as the responsibilities, you some thatd accurately i leave it and preside over the
as you know, there is a widespread view that you were brought into the pentagon to cut defense. who werehe people concerned about that are pointing to the fact that the cost assessment and program evaluation people are playing a key role in this strategic review. they're one of the green eyeshade people. on a broader level, it seems to me, more than anyone else in the government, the secretary of defense have to be the one who says this is what it takes to defend the country and to fight for...
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we do not make a thing at the pentagon. we depend on the industrial base to make our weapons systems, second only to our people, which make us the greatest military in the world. many of them will be affected directly by this. we will be cutting back on cuts -- on contractor spending. we have to find $36 billion between now and the ends of the year. the civilian military work force will only provide a low savings even if we do drastic things, a few billion dollars. all three of those populations upon whom we depend will have immediate. >> in your view, how many of these initial cuts will have lasting effects that will trickle on and be felt in the years ahead? >> that is a good question. >> readiness, if it is not immediate, how soon until the cuts will impact readiness for years to come? >> good question. we are doing everything we can to minimize lasting damage. you cannot eliminate it. i will give you two examples right away. when you cannot afford to begin overhaul or maintenance of a ship and you do for that maintenanc
we do not make a thing at the pentagon. we depend on the industrial base to make our weapons systems, second only to our people, which make us the greatest military in the world. many of them will be affected directly by this. we will be cutting back on cuts -- on contractor spending. we have to find $36 billion between now and the ends of the year. the civilian military work force will only provide a low savings even if we do drastic things, a few billion dollars. all three of those...
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the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost of private sector health insurance has skyrocketed, so the differential between getting health insurance in the tricare system versus in the private sector has gone from 3-1 to 9-1. so the number of people eligible for tricare who participating in the system has risen from 22% to 59% as a result of basic economics. in addition, the raw numbers of claims in the tricare system has risen extensively. for example, behavioral counseling, health counseling for troops and families rose by 65%. counseling for the children of troops has risen by 85%. medical visits from ac
the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost...
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pentagon personnel. breaking news -- american airlines and us airways have completed their merger. they are now ranked as the world's biggest airline. willmerican airlines name live on while us airways will disappear. the merger survived a challenge from the government and criticism from groups who feared it would lead to higher prices. personnel changes in the administration. today is the last day for bruce president biden's chief of staff. he will have the broad foundation. succeeds bruce reed tomorrow. the senate is expected to clear a house passed ill extending for 10 years a ban on entirely plastic ones. also members will resume consideration of the 2014 defense funding bill and vote on the confirmation of patricia and the vote will be the first test of how republicans respond to the democratic changes in filibuster rules. watch live senate coverage on c- span2 at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, or you can listen today live on c-span radio. white house coverage on c-span at noon. those are the latest headli
pentagon personnel. breaking news -- american airlines and us airways have completed their merger. they are now ranked as the world's biggest airline. willmerican airlines name live on while us airways will disappear. the merger survived a challenge from the government and criticism from groups who feared it would lead to higher prices. personnel changes in the administration. today is the last day for bruce president biden's chief of staff. he will have the broad foundation. succeeds bruce...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim slushinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's faces and we begin to write that bill
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim slushinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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i remember my first intelligence briefing at the pentagon back in 1993. it predicted the potential collapse of north korea even back then. much of the population is starving. he had virtually no economic development. huge inequality between the elite and the masses. no real political participation. beenily dynasty that has brutal and repressive in its regime. all of the seeds for instability are there. but they have been there for a long time. i would not underestimate the ability of this regime to keep a hold on domestic unrest. uno think if kim jong overplays his hand with these provocations, there could be miscalculation. that is what we have to worry about. host: most of this morning's "washington journal" discussing the situation in north korea. earlier we spoke with josh ro gen. that we are speaking with michele flournoy, former under defense secretary for the clinton and obama administrations. , an ambassador from the bush administration. he served as an ambassador to the philippines during the clinton administration. when you look at these numbers
i remember my first intelligence briefing at the pentagon back in 1993. it predicted the potential collapse of north korea even back then. much of the population is starving. he had virtually no economic development. huge inequality between the elite and the masses. no real political participation. beenily dynasty that has brutal and repressive in its regime. all of the seeds for instability are there. but they have been there for a long time. i would not underestimate the ability of this...
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the pentagon the swampland of waste. it was then. it still is today. i did not really called the tax cut, you know, a trickle down machine. i said that would be one effect of id, that the rate cuts were meant for everybody, not just the wealthy. anyway, a lot of this got distorted, and i guess i learned a lesson. you have to be very careful with the press. >> this is the education of david stockman, which came out later by david. supposedly, he talked about having been taken to the woodshed by ronald reagan. i have asked for years about ronald reagan, and you never quite get what ronald reagan was like up close. tell us. how many times did you meet with him? >> practically every day for most of the time i was there. >> start with the woodshed thing. when you were taken to the woodshed because you had been talking to bill, what did he say? >> first of all, as i laid out in the book, and it is no secret after all of these years, that was a photo opportunity. it was what the gamblers at the white house came up with. actually, when i had lunch, i went to t
the pentagon the swampland of waste. it was then. it still is today. i did not really called the tax cut, you know, a trickle down machine. i said that would be one effect of id, that the rate cuts were meant for everybody, not just the wealthy. anyway, a lot of this got distorted, and i guess i learned a lesson. you have to be very careful with the press. >> this is the education of david stockman, which came out later by david. supposedly, he talked about having been taken to the...
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the pentagon needs to be pared down. me the pentagon to look at their own priorities." we are pressed for times. -- the pentagon needs to look at their own priorities." we are pressed for times. you agree with this general perception that senator hagel -- chuck hagel made. that would be great. >> that is a good question. it is a fair question. i cannot speak for senator hagel. my interpretation is that it is along the lines of something that secretary gates used to say. we had accumulated over the decade post 9/11 when our budget was going up every year. when your budget goes year and year out, it is fair to say we have a management problem, all of our managers, it was easy to reach for more money to solve your managing problem, whether it is a technical problem in a program or something like that. it was noticeable to me that the logistics in some places that have accumulated over the decades. that is my secretary gates started his efficiency initiative, which i was part of. our efforts to reform the system improved our performance. in parallel, we have absorbed billio
the pentagon needs to be pared down. me the pentagon to look at their own priorities." we are pressed for times. -- the pentagon needs to look at their own priorities." we are pressed for times. you agree with this general perception that senator hagel -- chuck hagel made. that would be great. >> that is a good question. it is a fair question. i cannot speak for senator hagel. my interpretation is that it is along the lines of something that secretary gates used to say. we had...
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washington post that we needed to reduce civilians at dod as a way of improving efficiency within the pentagon. i would say that applies to all the other agencies as well. secondly, most of the concern about sequestration is focused on readiness and training, which is absolutely true. if you talk to the lawyers that work with the defense contractors, they think they will have a field day care and some had testimony last year that the legal hassles emanating from sequestration may eat up a lot of their savings. but beyond that, there are a lot of dangerous places in the world. and what we do is try to develop capability to deal with the unknowable contingencies of what could happen at a place like syria or iran or north korea. with less money, you can prepare for future contingencies. the point is that it does not just readiness. it hurts us in the real world today. there are lots of options to deal with this. as was mentioned, the house passed bills twice last year to substitute sequestration's savings for other more targeted savings so that you save this amount of money, you're still fiscally
washington post that we needed to reduce civilians at dod as a way of improving efficiency within the pentagon. i would say that applies to all the other agencies as well. secondly, most of the concern about sequestration is focused on readiness and training, which is absolutely true. if you talk to the lawyers that work with the defense contractors, they think they will have a field day care and some had testimony last year that the legal hassles emanating from sequestration may eat up a lot...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people enrolled in --lege and took back it basket weaving in order to get out of the draft. that is how the whole stand. i personally believe that not all the people who enlist our going there because they're wanted to be in the army. it is a matter of fact that they can't get a job here. that was just a side comment. on c-span, within the last few months, they had someone talking about the lavish lifestyle of generals and the upper officers, where they have lavish dinner parties with soldiers serving them. they live lives of luxury. i think, from what i'v
leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people...
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the pentagon asked for $81 billion. the committee saw fit to give them $86 billion and we think letting the pentagon decide is a good basis for discussion and the basis for this amendment. there is one exception and this is where the important discussion comes in. there was some concern, mr. van hollen it was ill life founded but there was concern whether it prejudiced the national guard. we disagreed with their position. for that reason, that specific reason, there is explicit language in this amendment that ex cludes the national guard. instead of going to back down to where the pentagon asked for we are giving them what they asked for plus the $1.5 billion for the national guard. for folks who had difficulty with our amendment a couple of months ago because they had concern with the impact on the national guard, we have sought to protect that. what we are asking for is what the pentagon asked for in the first place with x protections for the national guard. with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the
the pentagon asked for $81 billion. the committee saw fit to give them $86 billion and we think letting the pentagon decide is a good basis for discussion and the basis for this amendment. there is one exception and this is where the important discussion comes in. there was some concern, mr. van hollen it was ill life founded but there was concern whether it prejudiced the national guard. we disagreed with their position. for that reason, that specific reason, there is explicit language in this...
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at the pentagon than we had in 2007. and so i'm curious as to what is the justification for that, why are they there, what's their activity. because as we reduce troops by 100,000, it seems we aren't reducing the civilians and there must be an explanation for that and would love to know. tricare in terms of the prime, what is the average premium right now, do you know off hand? , ias you know, those over 65 believe it's zero. what is a -- 50 years old, veteran family -- >> around 500. >> a year. >> a year. and what would the civilian equivalent be of a family of four, same age? >> $6,000. >> at least $5,000, probably more. there u touch this and was testimony before our committee last year about the same situation, it appears that the v.f.o.'s immediately jump on it and i understand it's their job, but it would appear that that number of $500 a year versus $6,000, that people would understand that as health care goes up, no one likes it, but premiums do go up. do you know how often these premiums have increased since 199
at the pentagon than we had in 2007. and so i'm curious as to what is the justification for that, why are they there, what's their activity. because as we reduce troops by 100,000, it seems we aren't reducing the civilians and there must be an explanation for that and would love to know. tricare in terms of the prime, what is the average premium right now, do you know off hand? , ias you know, those over 65 believe it's zero. what is a -- 50 years old, veteran family -- >> around 500....
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on a bipartisan vote was not shared with the pentagon. thatnot know if the folks wrote the article want to correct their article, but in fairness i believe they should. just say on behalf of of senator mccaskill, the implication she was bought off why the pentagon, she has been the spark plug of this whole and i want day one, to let her know how much i appreciate that. your responses invaluable, including this project she has delved into with such tenacity. >> thanks for your impassioned leadership on this issue of sexual assault. it has been thoroughly vetted, but we know where you are and that you are trying to thek if i -- to rectify situation, but i think you have an understanding that this committee is upset by what is going on in every branch of the military, and we have got to fix it. the system is roped in. -- roque and. is broken. in your answers to advanced questions from the committee, you said, we are at risk of insolvency if sequestration is administered while law. the word sounds like sending troops into combat and not being
on a bipartisan vote was not shared with the pentagon. thatnot know if the folks wrote the article want to correct their article, but in fairness i believe they should. just say on behalf of of senator mccaskill, the implication she was bought off why the pentagon, she has been the spark plug of this whole and i want day one, to let her know how much i appreciate that. your responses invaluable, including this project she has delved into with such tenacity. >> thanks for your impassioned...
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at the pentagon all of us have two serious concerns. first, the abrupt and arbitrary cuts imposed by sequester, and second, a lack of budget management flexibility we now face in the current continuing resolution. for the past two months, d.o.d. has begun to see the effects and consequences of that uncertainty. as sequester continues, we will be forced to assume more risk. these are steps that will progressively have far-reaching effects. let me address a couple actions we are taking as a result of these budget constraints. the navy will gradually stand down at least four wings. the first wing will stand down in april. effective immediately, air force flying hours will be cutback -- cut back. this will have a major impact on training and readiness. this will everyone except those going to afghanistan. this affects nearly 80% of army operation units. later this month we intend to sureb preliminary notification tozz thousands of civilian employees who will be furloughed. these steps go on top of those the department began in january to sl
at the pentagon all of us have two serious concerns. first, the abrupt and arbitrary cuts imposed by sequester, and second, a lack of budget management flexibility we now face in the current continuing resolution. for the past two months, d.o.d. has begun to see the effects and consequences of that uncertainty. as sequester continues, we will be forced to assume more risk. these are steps that will progressively have far-reaching effects. let me address a couple actions we are taking as a...
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after that falls on the pentagon. that theytagon agrees need to come down, that it is but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they -- with the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the tenure. dollars cut billion in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest:. yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure there are generals and al's that don't want to be cut at all. the head of the army was a first that i heard was doing this. but all the other top brass picked this up. we slowed us down, give us time to implement. you slam it all and is so fast, we're going to have to find things like cutting trading. trading is important for troops. the numbers for fiscal 2014, the budget for that pentagon cap the to 520 billion. for 2015 they capped at 521 billion. it has been 512 under the sequester. policy, the defense authorization bill is
after that falls on the pentagon. that theytagon agrees need to come down, that it is but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they -- with the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the tenure. dollars cut billion in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest:. yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure...
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and we anticipate and hope the senate will act quickly to confirm him and put him in place in the pentagon. >> in terms of the way he answered various questions, i know you took issue with the tough question style of republican senators. is the white house pleased with how senator hagel answered questions? >> i believe he did a fine job. if you look, if you take all the news clips, not the whole performance, but the news clips that have dominated television report and on this, they have focused on a series of exchanges that i think, by any estimation, largely represent the injuring over issues like, why did you disagree with me over iraq? we are prepared to say that senator obama had a view on iraq. it was one of the reasons he ran on that position and one in 2008 against senator mccain. he vowed to end the war in iraq in a with a protected our national security interests. now, he is focused on winding down the war in afghanistan. someone bizarrely, and given that we have 56,000 americans in uniform in afghanistan, senators yesterday, in a hearing for the nomination of the secretary of def
and we anticipate and hope the senate will act quickly to confirm him and put him in place in the pentagon. >> in terms of the way he answered various questions, i know you took issue with the tough question style of republican senators. is the white house pleased with how senator hagel answered questions? >> i believe he did a fine job. if you look, if you take all the news clips, not the whole performance, but the news clips that have dominated television report and on this, they...
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the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the rival contractor in large part because of political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to the tune of $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other country in the world have this set up? >> no. no other country spends nearly what we do on this. >> is it good or bad that congress is involved? >> it is hopeful that congress acts as a check on some of these runaway programs. in many cases, congress is trying to push the pentagon to it staff that it does not want to do. members of congress wanted for their own interest. we continue to build tanks in ohio. why do we do that? members of the ohio delegation want the jobs. the army does not think it needs any more tanks. >> there is a quote in your about the marine corps' ability
the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the rival contractor in large part because of political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to the tune of $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does...
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i'm told by pentagon officials that this provision basically came out of nowhere. i think it is terribly unfair to our men and women in uniform. they should not have a disproportionate share in our deficit reduction measures. however, i feel confident that this issue will be resolved in the near term. i have had conversations with the chairman of the committee of armed services, as well as a number of other members, who are committed to making sure we address it and that we will come up with some alternative. this does not happen until december 2015. many georgians have served with honor in our military. our annual cost-of-living increase may appear insignificant on paper in this bill, but this is real money, promise to those who put their life in harm's way in defense of this nation. i want to share to our servicemen and women that there is ample doubt to address this issue before takes effect. i'm committed to addressing, and i will not turn my back on those who fight and have fought for this country. that said, this budget deal is a necessary and crucial step to
i'm told by pentagon officials that this provision basically came out of nowhere. i think it is terribly unfair to our men and women in uniform. they should not have a disproportionate share in our deficit reduction measures. however, i feel confident that this issue will be resolved in the near term. i have had conversations with the chairman of the committee of armed services, as well as a number of other members, who are committed to making sure we address it and that we will come up with...
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the pentagon has approved a major expansion of the u.s. cyber command to include growing its ranks to 940 personnel. according to the same reports, there will be three types of forces. and those who will protect infrastructure like power grids implants. this is absolutely necessary to protect our nation against what is a threat. i am interested in those who will protect now optional infrastructure -- will protect infrastructure. will the military rely on the national guard, which is able to operate under title 10 and 32 authorities? >> your description of how we're trying to prepare the force is accurate. we do not have authority to do all of that. we're trying to grow the right force so if it became necessary and we have the authority to do those things we would be prepared. the national guard will always be part of any endeavor. i think we will find the right balance as we move ahead. >> are there any other particular obstacles that you can see now in terms of using the guard with a great deal of responsibility? >> no. not uniquely. >> h
the pentagon has approved a major expansion of the u.s. cyber command to include growing its ranks to 940 personnel. according to the same reports, there will be three types of forces. and those who will protect infrastructure like power grids implants. this is absolutely necessary to protect our nation against what is a threat. i am interested in those who will protect now optional infrastructure -- will protect infrastructure. will the military rely on the national guard, which is able to...
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at 2:00, a pentagon briefing with the british defense minister. live coverage, here on c-span and c-span.org. >> this year the c-span wasentcam competition deemed -- a message to the president. we spoke to the winners about the documentary's. >> my father was featured in the video, unemployed and going to the process of appointment. i thought that he would be a good subject follow. i followed him. >> at the time i was taking introduction to law. i was into children's rights, if you will. i realize that we do not have a say in the creation of the debt, but we will have to pay it off. >> it was tough at first. infrastructure and the growing need for public transportation in this country. in austin they were not very excited about the top picks, but after i had explained it to them they caught on. while researching high-speed rail as one of the segments, that was important to the topic. >> more from the top three winners, saturday morning at 10:00 eastern, on c-span. intelligentsia is driven by this certainty that religion and reason are in different
at 2:00, a pentagon briefing with the british defense minister. live coverage, here on c-span and c-span.org. >> this year the c-span wasentcam competition deemed -- a message to the president. we spoke to the winners about the documentary's. >> my father was featured in the video, unemployed and going to the process of appointment. i thought that he would be a good subject follow. i followed him. >> at the time i was taking introduction to law. i was into children's rights,...
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and then followed me to the pentagon as my chief of staff. and also someone who's had a public affairs at the pentagon, george little, who is also someone who both graduated and later taught here at georgetown. talented young individuals who have been at my side every day for the last four years at both the c.i.a. and the pentagon, and i am deeply grateful for their work for me and on behalf of the nation and i am deeply grateful for georgetown for training such extraordinary public servants. and speaking of extraordinary public servants, i think many in this audience know that there's a georgetown professor that the president has nominated to serve as the next secretary of defense, chuck hagel, and i am confident and i've expressed that confidence publicly that the men and women of the department of defense will have the kind of advocate they need as the nation emerges from more than a decade of war. lastly, i'm honored to be here, as i said, as a catholic and as a proud graduate of another jesuit institution, santa clara university. my time
and then followed me to the pentagon as my chief of staff. and also someone who's had a public affairs at the pentagon, george little, who is also someone who both graduated and later taught here at georgetown. talented young individuals who have been at my side every day for the last four years at both the c.i.a. and the pentagon, and i am deeply grateful for their work for me and on behalf of the nation and i am deeply grateful for georgetown for training such extraordinary public servants....